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Why Did Biden Suddenly Sweep Virginia? Credit Trump, These Voters Say
Men and women, white people and black people, college graduates and non-graduates alike — all came together to propel Joe Biden to a resounding victory over Bernie Sanders.
By Reid J. Epstein and Stephanie Saul
March 5, 2020, 10:38 a.m. ET

Why Did Biden Suddenly Sweep Virginia? Credit Trump, These Voters Say

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"ALLS CHURCH, Va. — They were disaffected Republicans in affluent Washington suburbs. They were shipyard employees in Norfolk. And they were health care workers in Petersburg.

They all came together on Super Tuesday in an extraordinary surge to the polls in Virginia, propelling former Vice President Joseph R. Biden Jr. to an overwhelming victory in a state that just days earlier had seemed up for grabs. The triumph was part of a 10-state sweep for Mr. Biden that resurrected his presidential candidacy, and established him as the centrist Democrat who would go head-to-head with Senator Bernie Sanders of Vermont, the standard-bearer of the party’s liberal wing.

In Virginia on Tuesday, it was no contest. Mr. Biden won with 53 percent of the vote, 30 percentage points more than Mr. Sanders. Voter turnout broke a state record for a presidential primary, and was especially high in suburban areas near Washington and near Richmond and Norfolk, as well as in regions with large African-American populations. Petersburg, a mostly-black city south of Richmond, went 75 percent for the former vice president."

 

....according to the New York Times

 

I know half of you will discredit this because it's from Huff Post even though there is a video from Fox News to back this up but lolz this guy...

Trump Claims Thousands Could Still Go To Work With Coronavirus And Get Better | HuffPost

 

I just saw a headline saying Trump has sidelined Alex Azar of Health and Human Services. It says he was sidelined off the Coronavirus job? I wonder who Trump will get to replace that guy? Maybe someone from Mike Pence's church? Are they going to pray … Corona virus away?

 

Trump moves forward with cutting off funds to sanctuary cities: 'Do not protect criminals!'
Adam Shaw
By Adam Shaw | Fox News
March 5, 2020

Trump moves forward with cutting off funds to sanctuary cities: 'Do not protect criminals!'

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"President Trump on Thursday said his administration is moving forward with withholding funding from sanctuary cities after an appeals court ruled that such a move was legal – part of a broad push by the administration to end the controversial policies that it says makes Americans less safe.

“As per recent Federal Court ruling, the Federal Government will be withholding funds from Sanctuary Cities. They should change their status and go non-Sanctuary,” he said. “Do not protect criminals!”

The 2nd Circuit Court of Appeals in New York last month overturned a lower court ruling that stopped the administration’s 2017 move to withhold grant money from the Edward Byrne Memorial Justice Assistance Grant Program, which dispenses over $250 million a year to state and local criminal justice efforts.

The decision conflicts with rulings from other appeals courts across the country concerning sanctuary policies, indicating a Supreme Court review is ultimately likely."

 

Azar sidelined to make room for Ben Carson.

Next they will make room for Rush Limbaugh.



Trump has sidelined Alex Azar
HHS Secretary Alex Azar has gone from the face of President Donald Trump's virus team to a supporting character.
By DAN DIAMOND, SARAH OWERMOHLE and MERIDITH MCGRAW
03/05/2020 01:55 PM EST
Updated: 03/05/2020 03:57 PM EST

White House sidelines Azar from coronavirus response

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"Asked why Azar didn’t attend Wednesday's televised briefing, a Pence spokesperson said that Azar left for his office after the task force meeting, and officials wanted to make room on stage for Ben Carson, the Housing and Urban Development secretary and also a task force member. A spokesperson for Azar said that members of the task force will be “rotating through as necessary” now that the group is doing daily briefings."

 

Trump: baby on board

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'This isn't altruism': Trump comes under fire for 100k personal donation to coronavirus as accounts reveal admin has paid 6 times that to his hotel chain

 

'This isn't altruism': Trump comes under fire for £100k personal donation to coronavirus as accounts reveal admin has paid 6 times that to his hotel chain
David A Fahrenthold,The Independent
March 5, 2020

'This isn't altruism': Trump comes under fire for 100k personal donation to coronavirus as accounts reveal admin has paid 6 times that to his hotel chain

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"Many of the new receipts were obtained by the watchdog group Public Citizen, which spent three years battling the Secret Service over a public-records request from January 2017.

When added to dozens of charges already reported by the Washington Post, the new documents show that Trump’s company has charged the Secret Service more than $628,000 since he took office in 2017.

The payments show Trump has an unprecedented – and still partially hidden – business relationship with his own government. The full scope of that relationship is still unknown because the publicly available records are largely from 2017 and 2018, leaving huge gaps in the data.

The new documents include bills from Trump’s Mar-a-Lago Club in Palm Beach, Florida, showing charges for 177 additional nightly room rentals in 2017, 2018 and 2019. The rate was $396.15 per night per room, the receipts show."

 

Americans can feel safe knowing that their healthcare is in the hands of people like Mike Pence and Ben Carson after Trump couldn't handle it and deferred the matter to them.



A presidency of two for coronavirus: Trump hands his sidekick the job of a savior
Vice President Pence is gaining outsized power to run the government during the coronavirus crisis, while Trump focuses on his preferred method of messaging.
By GABBY ORR and ANITA KUMAR
03/06/2020 04:30 AM EST
Updated: 03/06/2020 07:15 AM EST

A presidency of two for coronavirus: Trump hands his sidekick the job of a savior

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"Donald Trump is finally securing the presidency he’s always wanted: He rallies the people. Mike Pence governs them.

As Trump prepares to decamp to his oceanfront club in West Palm Beach this weekend, surrounded by GOP donors and top aides, the vice president will travel to Florida for a Saturday meeting with cruise ship operators about the rapidly evolving coronavirus crisis. The striking split-screen view that has played out this week and will continue in Florida — of a president dispensing questionable theories about the virus and prioritizing his 2020 campaign, while his hyper-focused deputy tackles a life-or-death problem of governance — has put a longstanding Trump practice in its starkest relief yet.

It’s a price those in Trump’s orbit often pay for access to him and his devoted base: If they do the heavy lifting and allow him to take credit, they remain in his good graces."

 

Trump told a Pennsylvania audience that he will now cut entitlements. He did not tell them that he has spent nearly $200,000,000,00 of tax payer money while playing golf.

 

20 billion?

 

Ugh. My Facebook is full of people who are complaining that Bernie Sanders is getting the election stolen from him.

Losing an election isn't stealing. Prepare for another 4 years of Trump. I think I'll takeup heroin.

 

Did you see what Eric Trump spent during trips to South America?

 

Abe is in the same predicament as Trump.


Shinzo Abe, Japan’s Political Houdini, Can’t Escape Coronavirus Backlash
After keeping a low profile for weeks, the country’s prime minister has taken more direct action, but has only worsened the biggest crisis of his record-long tenure.
By Ben Dooley
March 6, 2020, 12:22 a.m. ET

Shinzo Abe, Japan’s Political Houdini, Can’t Escape Coronavirus Backlash

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"Mr. Abe’s chokehold on authority has stifled dissent among officials, exacerbated the government’s tendency to hoard information and made the bureaucracy complacent, Mr. Masuzoe said. “Openness is very important in the fight against the virus,” he noted. “All of the ministers are under the control of Mr. Abe. They cannot say a word against him.”

“This is a structural problem of the Abe administration,” he added.

The coronavirus has presented a serious test for many world leaders, including President Trump, who is trying to repel criticism of his government’s initial response as he faces a re-election campaign."

 

Eric Trump’s Pursuit of Foreign Development in Uruguay Has Cost Taxpayers at Least $176,000
by Jerry Lambe
3:53 pm, February 27th, 2020

Eric Trump’s Pursuit of Foreign Development in Uruguay Has Cost Taxpayers at Least $176,000

 

I'm not convinced

 

Trump wants to start a new war with Iraq. He just told the Iraqi government that he will not remove US Troops from their country, and that he intends to keep their oil. In the event where Iraq demand he remove his American troops, Trump said he would confiscate Iraq's $35 billion dollars of revenue which is being held in New York. Iraq's people sent him a message yesterday by firing some Katyusha Rockets at his Marines who are located in the famous Green Zone.

 

I guess eric trump doesn't know how to count.
8,000 or 30,000? Eric Trump lies to Fox News about how many people attended his father’s rally - Front Page Live

 

Can't be too hard on those Russiantrolls and Macedonian teenagers stay'in alive. Stirring dissension among Dems is what they do, and it brings in more than they could possibly make flippin' bureks in the local bistro. As for getting the election "stolen", a large chunk of the votes Sanders did get were from early voters before South Carolina. Factor those out and it would have been a Biden landslide. Didn't know the establishment was that numerous.